Please!I really need an answer!

[cheesemug]

Ok hello everybody!Im a WoW player.And I was thinking from moving from laptop to a full gaming PC.I decided to go team red,their HW is slightly cheaper compared to Intel and nVidia.And I came up with a combo of fx-8320 and a RX 470 or maybe even RX 480 if CPU will not bottleneck it.And I just want a clear answer will such combo paired with 500w PSU and 8GB of ram will run World Of Warcraf🙂Legion atm) on Medium to maybe High setting would be pretty sweet if on High settings.I dont really care about Ultra.Thanks!

 

[shadowXXe]

srry done some research turns out your cpu is well not best to put it lightly

 

[chemmajorp53]

The AM3 platform is dead and the FX 8320 has very poor single threaded performance, it wasn't even good when it came out almost 4 years ago. Even the Pentium G4560 will outperform it in 99% of games, please don't buy that CPU

 

[boosted1g]

I have an 8320 and back in 2012/2013 it was a decent buy.
In 2017 however a newer hyperthreaded pentium build like chemmajorp said would run better in most games, especially WoW which is not going to utilize the extra core/threads of an FX serries. Not to mention to begin to utilize the FX serries you need at least an $80 970 chipset motherboard to have stable overclocking.

Those pentiums or i3 is so much more efficient it will smoke an fx serries chips with more ghz and more cores.

 

[cheesemug]

If that CPU is bad than with what should I pair i3 6100 or that pentium G4560 is that pentium really that good?

 

[cheesemug]

and I actually saw that this pentium and i3 6100 are 'virtually identical' does that make them identical?or not?

 

[chemmajorp53]

The Pentium is basically an i3 6100 with a few MB less L3 cache. It will be slightly slower in some applications and pretty much the same in others, but at the price point it makes way too much sense to not pick it over the 6100. The 8320 has more threads, but has ~60% of the single threaded performance, uses a lot more power, and is on a platform that won't let you upgrade to a better CPU in the future.

 

[cheesemug]

Hmm then Im going to buy that Pentium G4560.But what gpu should I pair with it?

 

[chemmajorp53]

RX 470 and the RX 480 4GB models would be excellent for you, if you're in the US I'd probably get this. Excellent card for $175 before the rebate.

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Radeon-RX-480-ARMOR/dp/B01M368YOU/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487786498&sr=1-1&keywords=rx+480

Something like this would be the cheapest way to build a good one

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QDrQM8

add an SSD if you want and an OS and you're all set

 

[cheesemug]

Doesnt RX 470/RX 480 heat up?I just was kinda worried about that.Will it effect my gaming?

 

[logainofhades]

The RX 470/480 are great performers, I would consider a GTX 1060, as WoW tends to favor Nvidia. Keep in mind that AMD Ryzen will be out soon, also.

https://www.techpowerup.com/230609/amd-ryzen-xfr-frequencies-revealed

 

[cheesemug]

Hmm,Ryzen I checked that it had not only high-end models but also lower/med-end,I will consider them too.If they(Low-end) turn out to be better than pentium g4560 or i3 6100 than I will buy them.Thanks!For now I have zero questions,I guess I will wait a little bit longer when it will be in stock in UK.Thanks again!